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'''Comproportionation''',<ref>{{GoldBookRef|name=comproportionation|file=C01217|accessdate=2010-09-18}}.</ref> also known as '''symproportionation''',<ref>{{GoldBookRef|name=symproportionation|file=S06215|accessdate=2010-09-18}}.</ref> is a type of [[chemical reaction]] in which two species of different [[oxidation state]]s react to form a product in an intermediate oxidation state. It is the opposite of [[disproportionation]].<ref>{{GoldBookRef|name=disproportionation|file=D01799|accessdate=2010-09-18}}.</ref>
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'''Comproportionation''',<ref>{{GoldBookRef|name=comproportionation|file=C01217|accessdate=2010-09-18}}.</ref> also known as '''symproportionation''',{{#tag:ref|In terms of etymology, comproportionation is more correct than symproportionation as an antonym of disproportionation: however, symproportionation is also used.<ref>{{GoldBookRef|name=symproportionation|file=S06215|accessdate=2010-09-18}}.</ref>|group=Note}} is a type of [[chemical reaction]] in which two species of different [[oxidation state]]s react to form a product in an intermediate oxidation state. It is the opposite of [[disproportionation]].<ref>{{GoldBookRef|name=disproportionation|file=D01799|accessdate=2010-09-18}}.</ref>
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A simple example of a comproportionation is the reaction of [[hydride]] with a [[Brønsted acid]] to give [[hydrogen]]:
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:H<sup>−</sup> + H<sup>+</sup> &rarr; H<sub>2</sub>
  
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==

Latest revision as of 09:49, 18 September 2010

Comproportionation,[1] also known as symproportionation,[Note 1] is a type of chemical reaction in which two species of different oxidation states react to form a product in an intermediate oxidation state. It is the opposite of disproportionation.[3]

A simple example of a comproportionation is the reaction of hydride with a Brønsted acid to give hydrogen:

H + H+ → H2

Notes and references

Notes

  1. In terms of etymology, comproportionation is more correct than symproportionation as an antonym of disproportionation: however, symproportionation is also used.[2]

References

  1. comproportionation, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/C01217.html> (accessed 18 September 2010), Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
  2. symproportionation, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/S06215.html> (accessed 18 September 2010), Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
  3. disproportionation, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/D01799.html> (accessed 18 September 2010), Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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